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Feb 9, 2023 • 7min
As Ukraine uses up ammunition quickly, allies scramble to restock warehouses
As the war in Ukraine approaches the end of its first year, NATO allies face a challenge to keep the Ukrainian army supplied with weapons and ammunition — as their own stocks dwindle.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 8, 2023 • 4min
How prominent was Ukraine in Biden's State of the Union speech?
Last year, President Biden elicited long, bipartisan standing ovations for his stirring vows of crippling sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine. This year, the situation is different.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 7, 2023 • 6min
Ukrainian soldiers benefit from U.S. prosthetics expertise
A prosthetics clinic that once served mostly American military veterans is now helping Ukrainian amputees get state-of-the-art artificial limbs.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 6, 2023 • 7min
The paramilitary group fighting for Russia in Ukraine
Examining the Wagner Group, a private military company that Russia has relied on to provide fighters, including prisoners, in UkraineLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 3, 2023 • 10min
Poland's view of the war next door. And ballet dancers perform in exile.
Polish Ambassador to the U.S. Marek Magierowski talks about Poland's support of Ukraine, and its call for more military aid in the war against Russia. And a ballet company formed from Ukrainians who fled the war, perform in the U.S.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 2, 2023 • 10min
The fight for air superiority and the fight against corruption
Russia and Ukraine are waging a fierce war in the sky but one thing makes this fight distinctive from previous air wars: pilots are extremely rare. And NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Conor Savoy of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about Ukraine's efforts to root out corruption to ensure allies their money is going to the right places.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jan 31, 2023 • 5min
Ukraine recently got a promise of new tanks, will fighter jets be next?
In an interview with NPR, Ukraine's defense minister says he's optimistic Western allies will supply his country with advanced fighter jets.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jan 30, 2023 • 6min
An elderly couple in Ukraine says their resilience is all about happiness
An elderly couple who survived a Russian air strike in a town on the front lines in Ukraine celebrate the electricity and water they once again have.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jan 27, 2023 • 4min
How the US is helping keep the lights on in Ukraine.
Ukraine needs more than weapons to defeat Russia. The US is also working frantically to provide infrastructure help to keep the lights on.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jan 26, 2023 • 4min
Can Western tanks change the game?
NPR's Leila Fadel talks with former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute about decisions by the U.S. and Germany to send battle tanks to Ukraine, and their likely impact on the war against Russia.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
